President. are the major provisions of this legislation. They signal a new beginning in Washingtonreal reforms to make programs more costeffective. more efficient. moreresponsive to the needs of our people and our States. Great care has been taken to assure that the most vulnerable among us are protected. and this includes our provision to restore benefits to all legal noncitizens who were receiving Social Security when last years welfare bill was signed into law. With this legislation. we also restore the ability to receive benefits to legal noncitizens who were residing in the United States as of that date should they become disabled in the future. These protections. however. are handled appropriately and in keeping with our overarching goal of restoring fiscal responsibility to Government. With this reconciliation package. we have establish the first balanced budget since 1969.
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